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Dirk Niebel at meeting of G20 development ministers

The German development minister Dirk Niebel last week participated in a meeting of G20 development ministers, at which the G20 finance ministers were also present.

The meeting marked the first time that G20 development ministers met in this formation. Niebel said he hoped that the G20 forum would provide an opportunity to forge a new partnership for sustainable development, in which “industrialised countries and emerging economies meet on an equal footing and take on shared responsibility for global challenges”.

The G20 group’s goal, Niebel pursued, was to tackle structural problems that impede further advances in global development, citing among others problems in trade, social protection, infrastructure or food security.